Featured Image Zoom
Add a [zoom] shortcode to display a zoomable featured image.
4.5(11 reviews)
·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 9 months agoAs of April 2026, Featured Image Zoom is a WordPress zoom plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 4.5/5 rating from 11 reviews. It has been downloaded 28K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.7+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Downloads are up 13% this week. Top alternative: WP Image Zoom.
4.5/511 reviews
1.0K+active installs
28K+total downloads
12 yearssince 2014
Overview
Add the [zoom] shortcode to a page, post or custom post-type post. If the post has a featured image it will displayed on the page, and when you move the cursor over the image, the image will be magnified with the image viewport remains constrained to the dimensions of the original image.
on a mobile/touch device the image will also be zoomable, but as there is no hover state this is achieved by means of a pinch & zoom action.
On my site you can see a demo of the plugin.
Usage:
Ensure that your post/page has a featured image defined.
Use a [zoom] shortcode to your page.
Some optional shortcode parameters can also be used.
=size=
The large image is used by default for the unzoomed image. Use the size parameter to use a different defined image size.
eg ‘[zoom size=thumbnail]’
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Very nice plugin
by TLCJohn·5 years ago
Hi Michael,
I have just singed in to WordPress.org to say what a great plugin you have designed.
We have a detailed Burial map and your plugin has made it very easy to read. We were using a pluging called image magnifier but this is now sadly 5 years out of date.
Your plugin worked just great, very simple to set up and I will be downloading it again for other maps and drawings, we need to let people see the detail of..
All the very best for now.
Cheers
John
Excellent!!
by Jefe·6 years ago·5 replies
You have to exclude images in Jetpack to work properly
- This topic was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by Jefe.
Great Plugin
by ecohostingservices·6 years ago
This is a great plugin to zoom into a featured image such as a map. Zoom in too much ie 6 and the image becomes too blurred so 2 is all I need and it does the job perfectly.
Simple and light plugin, does exactly what it should do, no more no less
by csandreas1·8 years ago
Thanks for the plugin and the great support, i was looking for a plugin to magnify my featured images when hover, only on post pages to show in detail the PC repairs my client does. This light plugin made it! Exactly what i wanted
- This topic was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by csandreas1.
- This topic was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by csandreas1.
- This topic was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by csandreas1.
I can not work code.
by emrullahzengin·9 years ago·1 reply
[zoom] I am writing code. then add the image. It did not happen again. I want this code on work. Maybe if you were told we could understand the true video. guess you do not work with this plugin. Good Luck.
Download Trends
Today: 2Yesterday: 4This week: 26Period total: 1K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.7+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v2.1
97.8%
v1.1
2.2%
Top Alternatives to Featured Image Zoom
Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2.1.0
- Added ‘zoomin’ parameter to give more control over the zoom level
Contributors
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